My eyes drifted across the three stooges currently watching me upon the sofa in my father’s office. Our pack elders, and the men currently dictating to me, and I believed my father too what my future should look like. This was a part of the pack hierarchy I wanted removing. I did not believe that they should have as much control as they did. I believed it was outdated, much as their views tended to be. Once I became Alpha they would all be retired. It would be going against some of our older traditions, but it would be happening. I would be making changes… “Ah, you returned.” Elijah greeted me, with that irritatingly smug smile of his. “We are glad to see you, son.” “I am not your son.” I muttered, irritation already bubbling. A warning from my dad that these fools were here would have b

